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The Battle Behind the Wire: U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from World War II to Iraq
Author(s): Cheryl Bernard (Author), Edward O'Connell (Author), Cathryn Quantic Thurston (Author), Andres Villamizar (Author), Elvira N. Loredo (Author), Thomas Sullivan (Author), Jeremiah E. Goulka (Author)
- Publisher: RAND
- Publication Date: 16 July 2011
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 130 pages
- ISBN-10: 0833050451
- ISBN-13: 9780833050458
Book Description
This report finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq: underestimation of the number to be held, hasty scrambling for resources, and inadequate doctrine and policy. Later, attempts to educate and influence prisoners and detainees are often made. The authors recommend that detailed doctrine should be in place prior to detention and that detainees should be surveyed when first detained.
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This report finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. It recommends that detailed doctrine should be in place prior to detention and that detainees should be interviewed when first detained.